America in 2020, it seems, is too disunited, with too many people in the grip of ideology and partisanship, to deal effectively with a pandemic. We have the knowledge, we have the resources, but we don’t have the will. Source: Washington Post, Paul Krugman America Fails the Marshmallow Test, We lack the will to beat Covid-19. […]
The spaces between stars are where the work of the universe is done. Ivan Doig, writer, book quote from “The Sea Runners”, p.68, Simon and Schuster
via “The spaces between stars are where the work of the universe is done.” — Art of Quotation
“Far off, men swell, bully, and threaten; bring them hand to hand, and they are feeble folk.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
”We need a government as good as its people“ jimmy Carter, president Source: Axios Former President Jimmy Carter on Wednesday released a statement on Wednesday describing himself and his wife as “pained by the tragic racial injustices and consequent backlash across our nation in recent weeks.” Why it matters: All living American presidents have now […]
via “We need a government as good as its people, and we are better than this.” — Art of Quotation
What is poetry which does not save nations or people? Czeslaw Milosz, poet, “Selected and Last Poems 1931-2004”, p.66, Penguin UK
via “What is poetry which does not save nations or people?“ — Art of Quotation
The world about us would be desolate except for the world within us. Wallace Stevens, poet, “The Relations Between Poetry and Painting”, 1951
via “The world about us would be desolate except for the world within us.” — Art of Quotation
song quote from Power to the People, 1971, songwriter: John Lennon “Power To The People” Power to the people Power to the people Power to the people Power to the people Power to the people Power to the people Power to the people Power to the people, right onSay you want a revolution We […]
via “Well you get on your feet / And out on the street / Singing power to the people” — Art of Quotation
On tomatoes, discovery and creativity in trying times.
via The New World, Tomatoes and Mortgage Lifters — The Planthunter
Every knock on the door Like a fly Sticking in my throat When there was another knock on the door My muscles have been cut The Knock on the door like a sharp knife for me I was surrounded by knocks at the door The knocks would not stop If you completely ignore the […]
via The history of the cubicle — An unknown poet who sings to himself
I took a break from posting these past two weeks, because producing content that didn’t have anything to do with the current state of the world felt wrong.
via Historical Queer Icons to Go Down a Wikipedia Hole About — la petite lionne
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